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DOJ Brings Charges Against Ilhan Omar Alleged Spray Attacker — Despite Trump’s Baseless Rant That She Staged Incident
['Jennifer Bowers Bahney']
Mediaite
Donald Trump’s Department of Justice charged Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) alleged attacker on Thursday, despite the president’s suggestion that the congresswoman staged the incident that saw her sprayed with an unknown substance from a syringe.
Trump told Rachel Scott with ABC News on Wednesday that he thought Omar was a “fraud.”“She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her,” the president told Scott.
According to court documents, Kazmierczak was seated in the audience when he “stood up and quickly approached [Omar] at the front of the room” where she was speaking.
The documents further revealed that after allegedly spraying Omar, Kazmierczak appeared to say, “She’s not resigning.
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